Psychiatry Is Sure To Change As The Psychedelic Revolution Arrives

The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming.  Psychiatry May Never Be The Same by Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  May 12, 2021.   

87,000 Die Of Drug Overdoses In Period Ending In September; Affecting Black American Disproportionately; Meth Overdoses 12-Fold Higher Among American Indians/Alaska Natives

 Overdose Deaths Have Surged During The Pandemic, C.D.C. Data Shows by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  April 14, 2021.  

Due To Pandemic. U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths On Track For All-Time High

Overdose Deaths Appear To Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic In U.S. by Associated Press/NBC News.  October 20, 2020.  

Suppressing HIV Without Drugs; Cornering The Virus In Parts Of The Genome Where It Cannot Reproduce

A Woman May Have Been Cured Of H.I.V Without Medical Treatment by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  August 26, 2020.

Monoclonal Antibody Drug Being Tested As A COVID "Swat Team" For Nursing Home Outbreaks

An "Unprecedented" Effort To Stop The Coronavirus In Nursing Homes by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  August 20, 2020.

Months Of Trial And Error In The ICU Offer Clues On How To Save Covid Patients

Months Of Trial And Error In The ICU Offer Clues On How To Save Covid Patients by Jason Gale.  Bloomberg.  July 6, 2020.

New Study Of Hydroxychoroquine Points To Improvements But Difficult To Interpret Due To Methodology Problems And Limitations

Study Finds Hydroxychloroquine May Have Boosted Survival, But Other Researchers Have Doubts by Maggie Fox, Andrea Kane, And Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  July 3, 2020.,

WHO: Access To HIV Medicines Impacted By COVID-19

WHO:  Access To HIV Medicines Severely Impacted By COVID-19 As Aids Response Stalls.  World Health Organization.  July 6, 2020.,

Coronavirus Pandemic Changing The Prescribing Practices Of Hospitals

U.S. Hospitals In Hard Hit Regions Step Up Use Of Steroids On Sickest COVID-19 Patients by Michael Erman.  Reuters.  June 19, 2020.

Drug Repurposing Opens Possibilities For Fighting Coronavirus

Old Drugs May Find A New Purpose:  Fighting The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  April 30, 2020.

Three Drug Development Strategies For Coronavirus

The Best Hopes For A Coronavirus Drug by Sarah Zhang.  The Atlantic.  April 8, 2020

Nearly 70 drugs May Be Candidates For Repurposing For Coronavirus

Scientists Identify 69 Drugs To Test Against The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  March 22, 2020.

Side Effects

When Drug Side Effects Pose Real Dangers by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  December 9, 2019.

Death Rates Increase For Middle-Aged People Of All Racial And Ethnic Groups

It's Not Just Poor White People Driving A Decline In Life Expectancy by Gina Kolata And Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 26, 2019.

Crispr-Based Antibiotics Delivered Through Viruses Can Target Specific Bacteria Leaving Alone The Rest of Health Microbes

Is Crispr The Next Antibiotic?  by Knvul Sheikh.  The New York Times.  October 28, 2019.

Large Study Points To Benefits Of Taking Blood Pressure Medicines At Night

The Best Time To Take Your Blood Pressure Drugs May Be At Night by Nichols Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2019.

Using Genetic Information From Millions, Researchers Predict Personalized Response To Drug therapy

Personalizing Drug Development Using Big Data by Alison Mairena.  MedicalXpress.  August 28, 2019.

FDA To Become Middleman For "Compassionate Use" of Experimental Cancer Drugs

U.S. Looks To Help More Cancer Patients Access Experimental Cancer Drugs.  Associated Press/CBS News.  June 3, 2019. 

Using Brain Biology Not The Clock to Treat Stroke Patients

Doctors Have More Time Than Thought To Treat Stroke Patients, Study Suggests by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  May 8, 2019. 

Turning The Act Of Prescribing Drugs Into A Service: "Restaurant-Menu Medicine"

Drug Sites Upend Doctor-Patient Relations:  'It's Restaurant-Menu Medicine' by Natasha Singer And Katie Thomas